page_title: Amanda Award
section_title: Awards and winners
hierarchical_section_title: Amanda Award / Awards and winners
caption_attribution_description: en:Liv Ullmann at Cannes in 2000.
context_page_description: The Amanda Award is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award. Winners are awarded a trophy by the Norwegian sculptor Kristian Kvakland, and the name—and theme—of the sculpture comes from a legendary local woman from the 1920s. The award ceremony is marked every year by a major, nationally televised, event.
context_section_description: The only actor ever to have won four Amanda Awards is Bjørn Sundquist. These were awarded for the movies Over grensen (1987), Søndagsengler (1996) and Sejer - se deg ikke tilbake (2000), as well as an Honorary Award in 2000. Also Ane Dahl Torp has won three awards for specific acting roles; she won Best Actress for her roles in Svarte penger - hvite løgner (2004) and Gymnaslærer Pedersen (2006), and was the first ever to receive the newly created award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her effort in Lønsj in 2008. Sverre Anker Ousdal has also been named Best Actor twice, for Kreditorene in 1990 and Blodsbånd in 1998, and won the Honorary Award in 2009. Nils Ole Oftebro, Espen Skjønberg and Anneke von der Lippe have all been honoured twice each – Oftebro and Skjønberg once as lead actors and once as supporting actors. Among the directors, Ola Solum, Nils Gaup, Berit Nesheim and Bent Hamer have each received two awards. Erik Gustavson has the rare distinction of having won in three different categories: for best film and best documentary, in addition to winning the special "Nordic Amanda" in 1993. This is an accomplishment also Kjersti Holmen can claim, for winning the Best Actress award in 2000, Best Supporting Role in 1993, and the Honorary Award in 2009. The only film to have won the three main awards – best film, best actor and best actress – is Budbringeren in 1997.
  As of 2010, the categories awarded are:
  Best Norwegian Film in Theatrical Release
  Best Director (for films in theatrical release)
  The People’s Amanda (audience vote)
  Best Actor
  Best Actress
  Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  Best Children’s and Youth Film
  Best Original Screenplay
  Best Cinematography
  Best Sound Design
  Best Music
  Best Editing
  Best Production Design / Scenography
  Best Visual Effects
  Best Short Film
  Best Documentary
  The foreign film of the year in Theatrical Release
  The Amanda Committee's Golden Clapper (technical award)
  The Amanda Committee's Honorary Award
caption: Actress Liv Ullmann is the Honorary President of the Norwegian International Film Festival, and was awarded the Honorary Amanda in 1992.[16]
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